Datao Xu1, Zhenghui Lu1, Siqin Shen2, Gusztáv Fekete2, Ukadike C. Ugbolue3, Yaodong Gu1,*
Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 107-118, 2021, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2021.015453
- 09 April 2021
Abstract Patellar tendinopathy is a clinical symptom of patellar tendons characterized by local pain in the front of the knee joint. It is common among basketball and volleyball players. Patients with patellar tendinopathy may exhibit different landing strategies during landing compared to healthy individuals. The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in lower limb joint energy dissipation (eccentric work) values for the symptomatic patellar tendinopathy (PT) athletes and no patellar tendinopathy (UPT) athletes during single-leg landing. A total of 26 (PT: 13, UPT:13) semi-professional male basketball and volleyball player’s kinetic data were collected… More >
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